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' May 27, 1924- F. EBERHART I BOX Filed April '8 1921 Patented May 27, 1924.

UNITED STATES FELIX EBERHART, OIE' NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN CAN COM- PANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

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Application filed April 8,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FELIX EBERHART, a citizen of the United States, residing in Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates in general to sheet metal boxes and has for its object broadly the provision of a box of durable character and of attractive appearance.

An important object of the invention is the provision of a cover for such a box which by reason of its construction will not readily become damaged or its fit with the body affected by use and handling.

The invention contemplates the provision of a removable cover box, the cover and box being so constructed as to eliminate delicate, raw or sharp flanges and other parts likely to become bent or marred in appearance. The box embodying the present in vention may be highly decorated and after use for the marketing of a suitable product retained by the customer for other purposes.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a box of this character which may be cheaply manufactured.

Numerous other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent as it is better understood from the following description, which, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, discloses a preferred embodiment thereof.

Referring to the drawing,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a box embodying my present invention;

Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section through the same;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged partial section through the cover; and

Fig. 4 is a similar view through the body.

The box shown on the drawing for the purposes of illustrating my invention, comprises a bottom wall 11, side and end walls 12, and a cover composed of two sheets, outer and inner of metal 13 and 14. The side and end walls are of sheet metal and formed in any usual or preferred fashion. They, how- 1921. 7 Serial No. 459,526.

ever, have an outturned flange 15 extending around the bottom, which is engaged 'in a fold 16 of the bottom Wall 11, At the top the side and end-walls are bent back upon themselves as indicated at 17 both to eliminate the raw edge and to reinforce or stiffen the top of the body. The sheets 13 and 14 forming the cover have their body portions spaced apart as indicated in Fig. 2. Both of'these parts are bent upwardly, the upper sheet in less amount than the lower. The lower sheet 14 is bent up and outward from the edge at 18 to provide an inclined shoulder 19 adapted to fit in an open end of the top or body and therebeyond this sheet is bent out in a peripheral horizontal flange 21 extending over the upper edges of the body walls.

The top sheet 13 is bent about the flange 21 in'a fold as indicated at 22 to embrace the same and lock the two top sheets together. This construction provides an un usually rigid box top without an internal or external slit flange which could be bent in packing or in handling of the box. It will be noted also that the bend 22 and the bend 16 form, when the cover is in place, beads or ribs, around the top or body of the box, of like appearance and the whole construction lends itself to attractive ornamentation.

It is thought that the invention and many of its attendant advantages will be understood from the foregoing description, and it will be apparent that various changes may be made in the form, construction and arrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. or sacrificing all of its material advantages, the form hereinbefore described being merely a preferred embodiment thereof.

I claim:

1. A box body, combined with a cover consisting of outer and inner spaced-apart sheets, the outer sheet being formed with a downward and inward edge fold embracing the edge of said inner sheet and resting on the top edge of the box body, the outer sheet being arched inward and upward towards the center thereof, and the inner sheet extending from said fold of the upper sheet downward and inward and thence upward and inward and thence across the cover .in a substantially horizontal direction.

2. A box body having an inturned fold at its 5 top edge combined with a cover consisting of outer and inner spaced-apart sheets, a downward and inward edge fold of the outer sheet resting on said edge fold of the body whence said outer sheet extends inward and upward toward the center thereof, the edge of said inner sheet being anbraced within the edge fold of the outer sheet, whence the inner sheet extends down ward and inward and thence upward and inward towards the center of the cover.

FELIX EBERHART. 

